Chapter 50 - Resemblance (2/2)

The boy looked incredibly flustered, having no idea how to react to a little girl suddenly breaking down in tears

She didn’t kno, but soently wiping away the salty water from her face every now and then

Incredibly exhausted by her outbreak of sorrow, her last thought before closing her eyes and falling into a deep slumber was for Bael and Gabriel, because she had promised to pray from tiotten them

I’d like to apologize to them, too …

Then darkness claimed her vision and consciousness and she fell asleep in Hale’s embrace

Opening her eyes, the dragon found herself in a familiar place

Lying on the side of a creek, the flush green grass and the pleasant suave away her current location: she was inside her space, not far from the spot where she had bundled up all her treasures

Confused by the sudden location change, Nisha couldn’t figure out how she had ended up there, she didn’t consciously enter her space after all

I must have fallen asleep and accidentally entered ood opportunity to correct today’s h

Feeling guilty because she had forgotten her two saviours, Nisha obediently sat down and pressed her hands together, so she had seen other believers do in the teht to pray this way

Thank you for being there when I needed you Thank you for helping ood friends noyou

Her prayer was short but everything that needed to be said was clearly said

Just as she was preparing to lay down in her space to rest a while, a strange resonance, a ripple warned her that so was about to happen

Following an unspeakable instinct, Nisha raised her hand and grabbed the e

The e slightly above the ground

Usually such an obscure and dangerous looking thing would ue hunch on where the passage would lead her

To confirate

Behind thedarkness laid a steep cliff A rock tu clanking acco its fall

She was standing on a stone platfor down the mountain could be seen, and the entrance had obviously been carved using tools

Curious as to where the crevice was leading, Nisha swiftly sneaked into the dark fissure

Not far fro a entle doards path finishi+ng into a hole in the ground

There was nothing interesting on the barren walls, therefore the little dragon got on her knees and curiously looked down, at the pit

It wasn’t particularly deep, but two things caught her eye

At the bottohts dancing beneath the surface; it’s eerie beauty touched Nisha deeply, in a way that made her fear for her very life

The other thing was a plant, growing froerously the surface of the liquid

It was a bush, whose trunk had apparently been separated in two One half was sporting black leaves while the other was clad in white leaves, all slightly swaying together in a nonexistent wind

Feeling so from the underdeveloped tree, Nisha was about to carefully climb down into the well, when a hand on her shoulder stopped her

“You shouldn’t go down there It would be dangerous if you were to fall”

Recognizing the voice, Nisha got up on her feet to tightly embrace the person who had spoken

“Bael! It’s so good to see you again! Where are we? What’s that little tree? I really like it, strong and weak at the same time!”

assaulted by a barrage of questions, Bael happily whirled Nisha in the air, she laughed for a second before putting her down

“You reht every now and then after all

I’lad you like that tree! There is actually a story associated with it… Care to hear it?”

With a quick nod, Nisha said yes

“A long tio, there was a small tribe This tribe had a particular stroke of luck and it ed to open a portal to the underworld, and started worshi+pping the dead, building a shrine around the portal

Eventually, the tribe was extinguished in a ith one of the countless other clans in this e, and the secret of the shrine died with the tribesmen

But a s its construction, began to grow roots in this unfriendly environ dew every day when the sun rose

Over the course of the years, the sapling grew into the plant you see down there, although some events altered it

You see, since it was soaking every day in the flow of life and death seeping through the gate below, soative

The spiritual energies did nourish the plant, but in a place where there was no other nourish forces

What do you think happened at that moment?”

Nisha contemplated on the question for a while, but ultimately had to yield and admit defeat

The frown of frustration painted on her face as she conceded her inability to solve the riddle h

“It’s siies for one body was too y each

Then both bodies grew legs and walked away”

It was probably meant as a joke, as there was no seriousness in the Goddess’ voice, yet the earlier fa coupled with the odd story allowed Nisha to see the true thoughts hidden behind her words

“This is the place where you were born?”

Staring at her wide eyed, Nisha couldn’t coed to transform into the two beautiful women she knew as Bael and Gabriel

I aon, and now …

“You are as sharp as usual But the details are a story for another day When you coarden, Gabriel can tell you the rest of the tale

I’m really happy you visited

Let’s see … from where did you come in”

Looking at e Then, letting her hand slip between realities, she drew out Nisha’s gate – a coold one

“That’s one well crafted gate Well done, Nisha

Feel free to drop by again in the future, I have a ht now, but it was really nice to see you”

Alon turned around and hastily spoke up

“Greet Gabriel for me please, and tell her I was here”

With a crooked save her the last push

“Don’t worry, she already knows”